Salty Beach Cocktail

Salty Beach Cocktail

By Erin

Salty Beach Cocktail anyone? Summer is almost here and you know what that means! Time to spend as much time outside as possible, preferably by a pool or the beach with a tropical cocktail in hand. From frozen drinks to icy margaritas and tropical mixed cocktails, there’s something for every mood, party, and holiday this summer. Celebrate the return of summer, the warm weather and sunshine with this refreshing cocktail! Cheers!

Salty Beach Cocktail Yield: 1 glass

Prep Time: 2 min

Total Time: 2 min

Ingredients:

Spiced Rum

Malibu Passion Fruit Rum

Blue Curacao

Pineapple Juice

Sprite

Ice

Lime, Orange slices and maraschino cherries to garnish.

Salty Beach Cocktail Summer drink

Directions:
Fill your glass with ice.
In a bar shaker add your pineapple juice, sprite, and spiced rum, then shake to combine. Pour your mixture into the glass only to fill it 1⁄2 way.
Now in a separate bar shaker add ice 1⁄2 way full, then add your Malibu, and Blue Curacao. Shake to combine.
Strain the liquor mixture into the glass on top of the pineapple mixture.
Garnish with the fruit and then enjoy!

More Summer Drinks:

Red, White & Blueberry Sangria— Perfect for Memorial Day or 4th of July!

Mother’s Day Giveaway with Melissa’s Produce!

Mother’s Day Giveaway with Melissa’s Produce!

By Erin
Mother's Day Giveaway

The month of May is a time to celebrate all of the moms, teachers, and nurses and all that they do for us year round. I am partnering with Melissa’s Produce to celebrate all these amazing folks who do so much for us and to gift one lucky follower this special gift basket to enjoy. Get this Melissa’s Produce Sparkling Sweetheart Basket for mom, a teacher, a nurse, or other special lady in your life, or even for yourself. 

 Enjoy some nice bubbly and some juicy blood oranges! Celebrate that special person in your life with this delicious combination of succulent Blood (Red) Oranges, Chocolate Toffee Almonds, Chocolate Bridge Mix, and of course a bottle of sparkling wine to make their day.

Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc was the first wine Schramsberg produced in 1965 and was America’s first commercially produced Chardonnay-based brut sparkling wine. It gained international recognition in 1972 when then President Nixon served the wine at the historic “Toast to Peace” in Beijing, China.

The Schramsberg style of Blanc de Blancs is dry and crisp. Small lots of malolactic- and barrel-fermented wines are added for complexity. With its vibrant, fruitful and crisp nature, this sparkling wine will maintain its freshness, structure and refined finish for many years, even decades following its initial release.

Sending Wine as a Gift: You may purchase wine as a gift as long as you and the intended recipient are both 21 years of age or older. The signature of an adult 21 years of age or older is required at delivery.   Wine also cannot be delivered to AL, CO, GA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MS, NY, OH, OK, SD, TX, UT, VT. Hawaii prohibits the shipment of any pineapple into their state.The following prohibit the shipment of any citrus into their state: AZ, FL, GA, LA, TX, and HI. If you would like to order this gift for shipment to an address in AZ, FL, GA, HI, LA, or TX, we will substitute the citrus for another seasonal fruit variety.

Enter for your chance to win below! Ends 5/22/22 12AM PST

GOOD-LUCK!!

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Note: How to enter for a chance to win!
 Open to US Residents in the 48 contiguous states. +21 years of age and older where wine (and citrus) can be shipped as the signature of an adult 21 years of age or older is required at delivery. No purchase necessary. Must enter for a chance to win. Melissa’s Produce will be mailing out the gift basket to the winner. Ends 5/22/22 at 12AM PST. For all contest rules please see the Sweepstakes tab on my blog. Good-Luck everyone!! Enter through the Rafflecopter above! 

More Mother’s Day, Teacher & Nurse Appreciation Gifts:

Giving Hope Gift Basket

Blissful Bubbles Basket

Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cupcakes

Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cupcakes

By Erin

It’s my birthday and I’ll have a boozy cupcake if I want to. YES, it’s my actual birthday today (May 3rd). After a crazy day at work after such a relaxing weekend away, I needed to make some of these Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cake Cupcakes for my birthday. These are perfect for any May or summer birthday celebrations for those over +21. So fun, colorful and delish.

Makes 18 Cupcakes Prep : 20 minutes Bake : 21 minutes

Strawberry Cupcakes Ingredients

1 Box strawberry cake mix
3 large eggs
1 Cup whole milk
1⁄2 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with white cupcake liners

Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, beat the cake mix, eggs, milk, and butter until combined and smooth

Fill cupcake liner about 3⁄4 way full and bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Allow to cool while you make the frosting.

Vanilla Frosting
Ingredients

2 Cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened 4 1⁄2 Cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

Pink gel food coloring
1 – 10.5oz Funfetti sprinkles – Found in round containers at walmart 2 large piping bags fitted with wide star tips


18 mini cupcake pipettes
Birthday Cake flavored vodka
Strawberries, cut in half
1 small jar of Maraschino cherries

Directions

Follow the directions on the mini pipette package to know how to fill the pipettes with the vodka

Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy, cream and holds a peak

Scoop half of the frosting into another bowl and mix in a few drops of pink gel food coloring

Scoop the pink frosting into one of the pink bags and scoop the white frosting into the second piping bag

Using the white frosting, pipe a thick ring of frosting around the top of the cupcake Pipe a slightly smaller ring of pink frosting on top of the white frosting
Pipe another smaller ring of white frosting on top of the pink frosting.
Pipe a smaller ring of pink frosting on top of the white frosting.

Pipe a dollop of white frosting on top of the last pink ring Coat the bottom. half of the cupcake frosting in the sprinkles Place a strawberry on top of the cupcake.
Place a cherry next to the strawberry
Place a pipette in between the strawberry and cherry

Enjoy & Happy birthday to all the other May birthdays out there!